Prince Henry's Navigation School and the Sagres Maritime Center

Name: Prince Henry's Navigation School and the Sagres Maritime Center
Start: 1433
End: 1440

Type Event Region Europe Time 1433–1440

In the 1430s Portugal's Prince Henry systematically advanced navigation research and training around Sagres, improving caravels and accumulating ocea…

Timeline

1433–1436Vila do Infante · AlgarvePrince Henry set up a permanent navigation base on the Algarve coast, attracting cartographers from Genoa and Majorca as well as local shipwrights, systematically compiling information on winds, currents, and coastlines, and beginning to improve caravel designs suited to ocean voyages.
1437–1440Sagres · AlgarveThe maritime center applied its cartography, astronomical observation, and ship modification results to actual expeditions, providing sustained technical and personnel support for rounding Cape Bojador and exploring the Azores, forming a royally led model of maritime expansion.

Sources

Henry the Navigator — Sagres and maritime patronage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator